seaweed

UK/ˈsiːwiːd/US/ˈsiwid/

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Other forms: seaweeds

Seaweed is the green and brown plants that grow under the sea. A strand of seaweed, dried seaweed, seaweed on the beach.

It is not really a plant but algae, with no true roots — the holdfast grips rock rather than feeding. Kelp forests are among the richest habitats there are and grow astonishingly fast. Seaweed is eaten widely, particularly in Japan and Wales, and laverbread is the Welsh version. Note that carrageenan and agar, both extracted from seaweed, are in an enormous share of processed food.

Definitions of seaweed

1nounseaweedThe green and brown algae that grow in the sea.B1+
“Slippery seaweed covered the rocks at low tide.”

seaweed is a marine plant.

Where it comes from

From sea + weed.

Etymology from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA

Practised in Food & Drink, Nature & Weather

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seaweed in the wild

Traditional seaweed farming practices have existed for thousands of years and have strong traditions in East Asian food cultures.
Algae
Miyeok-guk, also rendered as miyuk guk or seaweed soup, is a non-spicy Korean soup whose main ingredient is miyeok (seaweed).
Miyeok-guk
Tsukudani is thinly sliced seafood, meat or seaweed that has been simmered in soy sauce and mirin.
Tsukudani
Tsukudani can be made with kombu or wakame seaweeds, and is often made to reuse ingredients from making dashi that would otherwise be discarded.
Tsukudani
The seaweed is commonly found around the west coast of Great Britain, and the coasts of Ireland, where it is known as sleabhac.
Laverbread

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